Confessing my Sims: How to avoid my stupid mistakes in developing a simulation centre

Randy Wax, MD, MEd, FRCPCMedical Director, Program for Resuscitation Education and Patient Safety

(PREPS)Mount Sinai Hospital

Assistant Professor, Critical Care, University of Toronto

Mistake #1

• I thought a mannequin was enough…

Mistake #2

• I was homeless…

Mistake #3

• Born with the wrong name…

http://www.mshpreps.org/index.html

Mistake #4

• I was selfish and wouldn’t share…

Mistake #5

• I was looking for love/money in all the wrong places…

Mistake #6

• I bit off more than I could chew…

Mistake #7

• I was a king, but a lonely king…

Mistake #8

• I was too money focused, and ignored “fair trade” principles…

Mistake #9

• I was a cheapskate…

Mistake #10

• I wasted money…

Mistake #11

• I was shortsighted…

Mistake #12

• I couldn’t see the forest for the trees…

Mistake #13

• I cried and whined about lack of equipment to support my simulation sessions…

Mistake #14

• I faked too much, and I faked too little…

Mistake #15

• I reinvented the wheel…

Mistake #16

• I was possessed of hollow pride…

Mistake #17

• I was hiding in a cave, away from society…

Mistake #18

• I was overly reliant on the kindness of strangers…

Mistake #19

• I wanted the mountain to come to me…

Mistake #20

• I falsely accused industry of evil…

Mistake #21

• I mistakenly thought that health care providers are bad actors and can’t work together…

Disclaimer

• It really wasn’t as bad as it might sound

• No simulators were harmed in the making of this presentation

• You can avoid my mistakes and achieve success faster and easier